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You seem to have recategorised my images to a non-existent category, and I'd also prefer that such a category be "Lighthouses in New Jersey" rather than "Lighthouses in the New Jersey". I'm going to revert your edits for the moment, but feel free to give it another whirl should you get the kinks worked out! Thanks! --Thisisbossi 01:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Argh. That was a mistake. the THE wasn't supposed to be there. It was wrong in image:NJ LBI Lighthouse 04.JPG; the rest were ok.--User:Parkerdr 03:09, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I haven't either. Maybe someone decided "old" was redundant since we're only putting up ones in the public domain, which would of necessity be old. Let me know what you find out, if anything. Daniel Case 04:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

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If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Hello, I have noticed your image LosAngelesPanorama2007.jpg. In the image discription, you say it is a scanned postcard. I am unsure about U.S. copyright laws, but are you sure that re-publishing a (commercially produced?) postcard does not constitute a copyright violation? Cheers, JDrewes (talk) 21:57, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

When I view the image page, the description says "panorama of los angeles", and the source says "own work". I took the pictures and stitched them together. It was not from a postcard. Parkerdr (talk) 01:21, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

That's strange. If I was mistaken, I apologize. However, I see this on the description page for the current version:

That's in the "history" section for the image, and I did upload a new version of the image, but when I did, I didn't have form to fill in the description, source, etc. It must have gotton that from a previous upload. If you look at the history of the text on the page, you don't see any mention of scanned post card... Parkerdr (talk) 12:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

thanks for the notice. I was wondering how this was found out; I see that you have a list and many of these state photos were lifted from commons. Now, I have to figure out what to do... Parkerdr (talk) 12:07, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello, My name is Duane Hurst and I recently made a free (non-commercial) English web site to share information with people. I added links to your Wikipedia/Wikimedia freeware picture. I also gave credit to you on my web pages for your work. Thank you for sharing with the public. My website is:

I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm